The rivalry between exam1pass Apple and
Microsoft is about to heat up in Maine, with a Microsoft Store opening Saturday
at the Maine Mall in South Portland.

The first Microsoft Store in Maine is part
of a strategy that company officials unveiled in 2009 to open retail exam1pass
outlets as close as possible to Apple Stores. The two stores at the Maine Mall
are about 75 yards apart.

Since 2009, Microsoft has opened 87 stores
in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico, said a spokeswoman for Microsoft,70-485 exam Alexis
Cummings of the New York-based public relations firm Edelman. By the end of
this month, there will be 93 stores,exam1pass she said.